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Sunday, September 01, 2013

Australia cricket has announced a 15-man squad for the
upcoming ODIs against Scotland
and England.
The biggest change of this squad is perhaps the exclusion of David Warner. The
26-year-old left-handed batsman has been dropped from the squad due to his poor
form.

David Warner has been out
of form for the last few series. He was struggling with the bat. In his only
ODI against England in Champions Trophy he scored just 9 runs and could not play
all the matches after being suspended due to a bar incident in Birmingham.

He has not played too many
ODI matches this year. In January, he has played three ODIs against Sri Lanka and
scored respectively 10, 60 and 4 runs. His last big score of 42-ball 53 came
against England
on Saturday in the second T20 match. His performance was not satisfactory
enough to select him for the future ODI series.

Coach, Darren Lehmann,
said that Warner will have to get back to playing Ryobi Cup and to make his
return to the national squad he will have to score huge runs.

Australia’s tour of Scotland
will kick off on September 3 in Edinburgh
where they will play only one ODI match. After that, they will play a
five-match ODI series beginning from September 6 in Leeds.

Good news for Australian
cricket is that Mitchell Starc has been included in the squad. He has made his
return after recovering from lower back soreness. Australian cricket will also
miss the service of Steven Smith, who was sent back home after sustaining a
thigh injury.